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How to get over a big loss in Trading

How to get over a big loss in Trading

Unfortunately, trading the markets incurs losses.. there is no way about it.. trading is the art of managing losses. As a new trader or someone learning to trade, you will feel a lot of emotions when you lose money and these emotions will be counterproductive to you making money from the market. It's a funny thing trading psychology...  we have evolved as human beings to be completely crap at trading which is why it's so difficult to do. However, personally, I've found trading to be extreme

November 13, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Some Trading Psychology thoughts from last week

Some Trading Psychology thoughts from last week

Last week we made two trades. The first one we took 120 points on the Crude Oil long and the second trade Long Silver. Because of the profits from the Crude Oil trade, I felt comfortable giving the silver trade more room for a chance of a greater move. Unfortunately, the trade ended up as a scratch trade (even though it was in profit at one stage). I found that by having a profit already in the bag, it gives you the buffer to be able to give following trades a bit more room. Even  a smal

March 20, 2013 No Comments Full Story

All the trading rules broken!!

All the trading rules broken!!

I haven't been trading enough this week so I was eager to get stuck in today. My first trade was a short at 12922... the market had already come off a 50% Fib level and I was thinking that it had further to go. I had missed the move as it fell (as I had only got in at 6.30pm GMT)..  I quickly opened the short but didn't check to see that the stochastics had almost reached the oversold level. This was frustrating as I sold right at the bottom. The market went up and hit my stop for -18!! A

May 16, 2008 1 Comment Full Story

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